What is Climate: Links for Students

Climate Timeline Information Tool

How has climate changed over the last hundred or thousand years? Learn about each time period with Overview, Science, History, and Resources sections. The Tutorial includes activities, and Data Access lets you search the numbers yourself.http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/index.html
Features: Graphics/Multimedia, Assessment, Data Sources

Introduction to Paleoclimatology

How do we know what the Earth's climate was like before recorded history? There are clues, and they form the basis for a branch of meteorology called paleoclimatology. In studying climate change, understanding the Earth's cyclical past is essential.http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/proxies.html Features: Graphics/Multimedia, Data Sources

Crystal Ball – Climate Change

This article, developed by ABC News is a quick overview of the pressing issues and effects of climate change. The Pentagon's advisement that the largest threat to America is climate change was a driver for development of this story. http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/climatechange/default.htm
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